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We examined the eyes of a group of patients entered into and still continuing in a glaucoma suspect study. Over time, some remained unchanged while others developed chronic open-angle glaucoma (COAG). By comparing the data obtained by ultrasonic measurement of the axial length (A) and central corneal thickness (CCT), along with measurement of intra-ocular pressure (IOP) from these patients and normal control subjects, we found no differences. However, by combining these factors in a calculation of eye-wall stress we found a significant difference between the glaucoma suspect and the future glaucomatous eye.
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Chisholm, I.A., Drance, S.M. & Chauhan, B.C. The glaucoma suspect: Differentiation of the future glaucomatous eye from the non-glaucomatous suspect eye. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 227, 17–20 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02169818
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